miscarriage (trigger)

I would appreciate some advice on this. I got pregnant about a week or so ago. I did not post on the BFP (big fat positive (pregnancy test)) post because I don't think that I am considered a regular although I have relied on your advice so much in the last year. I just found out that my betas are dropping. I know that you don't know allow talk about betas specifically but this is in the context of my second miscarriage.

They did the same thing both times. They rise appropriately for the first draw and then drop. I thought it was low progesterone but this time I was on a very high dose of progesterone (300 milligrams spread out over the day) and I still lost the baby. I am sad and frustrated and I am Not sure that I'm going to continue my journey but if I do what should I ask about? What is stopping the baby from progressing past the first set of betas? If this post is not acceptable, I will delete it but I would really appreciate some advice. I am so so sad today.

Comments (34)

I am so so sorry you are going through this again! I have no advice but hope someone can help you find the answers you are looking for. Please be kind to yourself and allow yourself to grieve however you need.

I am so so sorry you are going through this again! I have no advice but hope...

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02/25/2015

I am so so sorry you are going through this again! I have no advice but hope someone can help you find the answers you are looking for. Please be kind to yourself and allow yourself to grieve however you need.

First, I'm so sorry. No one deserves this. Second, this is fine. What isn't fine is if you're still unsure and in "beta hell" where it goes up and you're just not sure. We are all here to support in the case of a miscarriage.
Usually drs wait until 3 losses to do repeated pregnancy loss testing, but I'm sure if you want you can ask for that. Its basically a bunch of clotting disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, stds, and metabolic stuff.

Have you looked into progesterone? Did they do that along with the betas? Sometimes it can drop later in the pregnancy, so it could be an issue even if your lp tests show good levels.

they did tests for the progesterone at the first two betas. they refused to do another beta 48 hours apart or to test my progesterone again at the next beta. they told me to wait a week and come back for the third beta since it was rising appropriately but was very low. I insisted on coming in after 4 days because I was too stressed from the last miscarriage. Maybe my progesterone dropped after the second draw. I had so many progesterone suppositories in the house, I could have given myself a higher dose without the doctors permission. She was on vacation and the nurses refused to approve it. So I had already upped to my own dose by adding in an extra hundred milligrams at lunch time. But maybe I should have added in more. I was nervous because it is a hormone and I don't know what more of it would do to me. Stupid. I should have just given myself another extra 100 mg.

I'm so sorry for your loss since you said you were stressed this time I would go ahead and get the tests to help alleviate the questions. I know no amount of testing will ever make this ok or feel better, but I know that even a year after my cp finding out our diagnosis and it explaining my loss helped to answer some of the questions. Like I said it never makes it ok, but it does give you some answers.

I'm so sorry for your losses! I would definitely go ahead and ask for a recurrent pregnancy loss panel, especially since both of your losses have followed a similar pattern. I had one done after "just" my second loss. It didn't turn up anything, but I was very glad to have done it nonetheless. Personally, I ran into some resistance from my OB about doing testing, so I moved on to the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) at that point and he was more than happy to oblige.

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